We have diamonds, an
ominous man in a suit and another man clearly involved in illicity activities
since they’re all very nervous about a call from a cop
That cop would be
Ella - calling her older brother Jay. Who is involved in Shenanigans
Of course like
everything in Lucifer, this relates to an issue Lucifer has which he
insists on externalising. Lucifer is still trying to kill Cain (and looks at
the mark which Cain re-tattoos every few months, which reminds me very much of
Lucifer obsessively cutting off his wings) and so decides to ask Amenadiel, as
the oldest of angels and the one to pay far more attention to things like this.
Of course, Amenadiel absolutely refuses to help, God cursed Cain, removing that
curse goes against God so is very very very wrong. Amenadiel remains, as ever,
a devoted servant of God’s
I’d actually like of
love it if God has taken Amenadiel’s powers until such time as he develops into
his own person with his own personality.
Lucifer gets the huff
because he gave his word and Amenadiel is not respecting that - and his word is
super important to Lucifer. So Lucifer is in a snit with brothers
So when Chloe et al
investigate the dead diamond dealer and find Ella’s brother’s wallet at the
crime scene, Lucifer is all on side for “let’s prove how evil brothers are.”
What is good about this is Chloe instantly recognises what he’s doing (because
he does this ALL THE TIME) and tells him to cool it and is definitely willing
to give Jay all the benefit of the doubt.
Jay is a diamond
assessor and valuer so obviously has good use for a diamond thief. Especially
when they find stolen diamonds and track where they were stolen from
Chloe and Lucifer
follow up a lead, playing soon-to-be-married couple to pretend to buy a diamond.
Chloe is super suspicious because the shop claimed to have no footage of when
their diamond was stolen but it has CCTV everywhere. After causing a massive
scene with Chloe repeatedly calling Lucifer cheap and revealing the stolen
diamond, they attract the attention of the proprietor. Suspecting an inside
job, Lucifer uses his woo-woo to find out what she desires: the punching of
millennials
Millennials, ethical
consumers without a huge amount of disposable money, are not buying diamonds.
Her business is suffering and, yes, she’s resorting to insurance scams and
having her diamonds stolen: but the diamond thief was supposed to “clean” them
(remove their ID numbers) and sell them back. So, thief and a fraud (and we
drop in on the Insurance Inspector who further tells them about “cleaning”
diamond).
Jay is definitely
capable of cleaning diamonds. Chloe is becoming more and more worried that Ella
may be heartbroken by her brother’s guilt.
Ella needs help to
find her brother - so goes to Maze (who is teaching Trixie how to stab people
and hamstring them and it’s adorable). As the best Bounty Hunter, she’s sure
she can find Jay - though she says she’s charging Ella. To be fair, Maze
doesn’t know Ella. They’re the ones who find the body and turn a missing person
case into a murder case (Maze is duly disgusted that Ella called the cops.
Chloe disapproving that they’re covering up crime. But like Lucifer’s drug use
last episode, she’s pretty much given up on them not been evil at this point).
As they follow the trail, Jay looks more and more guilty and Maze is more and
more insistent that he’s not
She also talks about
loving her family so much. Maze has thousands of siblings but they all hated
each other… she’s moved by Ella’s talk of family
They do eventually
find Jay - who insists on his innocence despite trying to hit Maze with a
baseball bat. He claims he just saw the killer and gives a vague description
mainly of shoes. When Chloe calls and asks Ella if she found him she lies to
protect him
Which could be sad
and tragic except it’s Ella and she Cannot Lie. Chloe, Lucifer and Dan all know
she’s lying (and, kind of nicely understandingly, know WHY she’s lied and don’t
hold it against her) and realise she’ll be returning to the crime scene to try
and prove her brother’s innocence. Becuase, ultimately, Ella is passionate
about her work
And that passion
almost breaks her heart when she realises that Jay’s story of seeing the killer
just doesn’t work with the way the room’s set up. He’s lied to her
While Maze does some
exploration and finds the hidden diamond cleaning room. Chloe arrives and she
and Jay point guns at each other - and Ella realises her brother must have been
in the diamond cleaning room: he is a diamond cleaner and a thief. But he insists
he isn’t a murderer. And he escapes because Ella stands in between the guns.
Ella is obviously
heartbroken and she appeals to Maze to help prove his innocence. To which Maze
refuses without more price. Ella is more heartbroken that Maze clearly doesn’t
care: to which Maze brutally sums up Jay’s crimes and why she has so very
little reason to care. Ella makes another plea for family - which clearly
affects Maze - but Maze still leaves.
But Ella has another
ally: Chloe. Looking at what Jay said she realises they have another suspect:
the insurance adjuster in his distinctive shoes. They head to him but force
Ella to stay in the car because she is too close to this.
Which means she is
alone when the Insurance Adjuster comes down with Jay held at gunpoint (Jay
tried to confront him to make him confess. Which… did not go well). Ella
confronts them and is 2 seconds away from being shot - when Maze kills him. Yes
she followed Ella. Yes she saved Ella’s life. And yes she runs before there’s
any kind of emotional moment
That just leaves
Chloe to cover things up for Jay and Ella to be all happy. And for Lucifer to
confront Jay trying to gather one of his illegal stashes. Jay’s excuse is he is
the older brother. He’s always had to look out for his siblings, which has
needed money (especially since their younger brother is a criminal stealing
cars). This sounds very martyrish but Lucifer spies the armani suit he’s
wearing
But Lucifer isn’t
going to tell Ella and nor is Jay. Because lucifer is clear - that would hurt
Ella. But he does leave with a threat - backed by demon eyes - if Jay
disappoints Ella again Lucifer will hunt him down.
And I kind of forget
how menacing Lucifer can be.
So let’s catch up on
the older brother. At Lux, Cain catches up with Amenadiel to confront him about
the mark. He rightfully guesses Amenadiel, the eldest angel, was the one who
put the mark on him. Which Amenadiel agrees is true - but he’s still just the
messenger, he cannot remove the mark and has no idea how. And he wouldn’t even
if he couldn’t. Cain decides to prove this by first threatening Amenadiel at
gunpoint. Which doesn’t move him. But then threaten to shoot innocents in the
bar
Amenadiel’s protests
convince Cain he’s telling the truth, as he shoots the ceiling and drives out
the crowd. But he still has a grudge against Amenadiel so attacks him
There follows a long
fight which trashes Lux and has Amenadiel kill Cain again and again and again
and again and again. Because Amenadiel may not have his powers (apparently. I
am sure we saw some super strength there) but he’s still God’s first and chosen
warrior who you Do Not Mess With.
Cain does make a
comment on how Amenadiel tried to kill his own brother (which could be
referring to Lucifer or Uriel…) which at least hits some guilt in the angel.
This scene was
interesting in that it reminded us who Cain is. It can be easy to focus on him
as the poor badly done to victim - but he was just willing to shoot an innocent
to coerce Amenadiel - the first murderer is not a nice guy.
We also have a replay
of Lucifer and Amenadiel. Amenadiel warns him working with Cain will piss off
god. Lucifer reminds him that’s the point. Amenadiel reiterates that he is
determined to save Lucifer and Lucifer reminds us he will consider Amenadiel to
be an enemy or “in his way” if he does. They’ve had this conversation before
So let’s go to the
last storyline which is more poignant - Linda. A deeply traumatised and hurting
Charlotte seeks Linda for therapy, advised by Lucifer who heartily recommends
Linda as the best therapist ever
Except Charlotte,
when possessed by Lucifer’s mother, brutally tortured Linda. Linda is utterly
horrified and visibly terrified by her presence. She says she can’t help and
chucks Charlotte out. Which crushes an already crushed and broken Charlotte
even further
Linda confronts
Lucifer about why he did this - and he’s surprisingly kind and gentle. He
assures Linda that his mother is gone and that Charlotte is just an innocent
woman who needs help. And he sent her to Linda because he meant it - she is
very very good at what she does. I like the sense of guilt and responsibility
and care Lucifer clearly feels towards both women here
Linda goes to
Charlotte and Charlotte guesses Linda is someone she hurt when she lost time.
Linda agrees to help her - to help heal them both - but does prick Charlotte
first to make sure she isn’t bleeding white light
I like how everyone,
even Maze, is thoroughly invested in protecting Ella and her feelings come what
may - because it’s Ella!
I really liked Maze
this episode - not just for all the hilarious violence, but the way she
addresses emotions. You can tell she is affected, you can tell she cares, you
can tell how much the whole idea of family touches her - and each time she
runs. Maze simply cannot deal with emotions and certainly can’t communicate
them. She cares but can never talk about it
Amenadiel and Lucifer
and Cain are all wonderfully complicated layers of clear wrong, but
proportionality and the ongoing hot mess of Amenadiel deciding to save Lucifer
no matter what Lucifer actually wants. I also loved the clear competence of
Amenadiel after so long trying to make him into little more than the comic
relief.
